Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Abhay SD Rajput

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904472

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: abhaysdr[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Science Communication, Scientific Writing, Science Journalism, IPRs, Research and Publication Ethics

Academic Records

Degree	University	Year	Stream
PhD	BITS-Pilani, Pilani, INDIA	2022	Science Communication
Certificate Course	WIPO World Academy GENEVA	2010	General Course on IP
M.Sc.	Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, INDIA	2006	Science Communication
B.Sc.	University of Jammu, Jammu, INDIA	2003	Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, English

Research

Science Communication/Scientific Writing in Weather and Climate Sciences

Science Communication by Scientists

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Awarded For	Year
Rajat Jayanti Science Communication Award	National Council for S&T Communication (NCSTC), Department of S&T (DST), Govt. of India, New Delhi	-	2008

Scientific Careers

Year	Designation	Institute
2022-Present	Scientist-E	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
2016-2022	Scientist-D	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
2011-2013	Head	Library, Information and Publication Division, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
2011-2013	Program Manager	Information System in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
2010-2016	Scientist-C	Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune
2009-2010	Research Associate (Media/Journalism)	Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
2006-2009	-	Different science writing, publications, public relations and science broadcasting positions, Jammu, New Delhi and Bengaluru

Presentations/Talks at National/International Conferences and Academic Institutions

4^th National Science Communication Congress (NSCC), Gwalior, 20-24 December 2004

Fundamental principles of Science Communication (paper)

6^th International Conference on Hands-on Science (HSCI 2009), Science City, Ahmedabad, 27-31 October 2009

Hands-on Science: Communication Through Multi-Media and ICT Tools (paper)

11^th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) 2010, NASC Complex, New Delhi, 06-10 December 2010

Why Communicate Research to the Public? (paper)

International Conference on Science Communication for Scientific Temper, NASC Complex, New Delhi, 10-12 January 2012

Commonizing Scientific Temper: Challenges and opportunities in India (paper)

National level two-day workshop on Science Communication in Hindi through Digital Media, New Delhi, 28-29 March 2012

कविता के द्वारा डिजिटल माध्यम से विज्ञान संचार (talk)

First World Conference on Science Fiction Studies in India, Yashwantrao Mohite College, Pune (Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University), 01-02 February 2013

Science Poetry as a Genre of Science Communication (Invited Talk)

2-day Round Table Conference on ‘Challenges for Science Film Making in India’, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala during 19-20 July 2014.

Science in Action: Challenges in Telling a Dynamic Story through Visuals (Invited Talk)

14^th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2014), INSA, New Delhi 110002, 26-28 December 2014

Towards Good Governance of Science: Need to Rationalize Science Communication Strategies (Presentation in Scientific Session IV: Policy Issues)
Are Indian Scientists Ready to Connect with the Masses through the Media? (Presentation in Scientific Session V: Scientists as Communicators)

Workshop on Science Film Making & 5th National Science Film Festival (NSFF), 04-08 February 2015 in Lucknow

Science Communication through Film: How to Tell a Dynamic Story (Invited Talk)

UGC sponsored National level conference on ‘Ethical Issues in Scientific Writing’ during 03-04 September 2015 at Maharani’s Science College for women (Department of Higher Education, Government of Karnataka), Bengaluru.

The Other Side of Science: Towards Better Science Writing/Communication Skills (Invited Talk)

Science Communicators’ Meet at Indian Science Congress -2017, Tirupati 03-07 January 2017.

The Other Side of Science: Towards Better Science Communication Skills (Invited Talk)

17th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC) on the theme “Communicating India’s Scientific Wisdom: Changing Paradigms” at Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi during 21-22 December 2017.

Why ancient Indian wisdom is missing from the scientific discourse? The importance of going back to move forward.

Round Table Meet on Mass Communication, India International Science Festival (IISF) at NIOT, Chennai during 13-16 October 2017.

Weather and climate communication: What Indian scientists think about their scientific writing skills.
Panel discussion on ‘science communication – the way forward.

National Workshop on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy: Optimising Communication & Information Research during 23-25 January 2018 at NASC Complex, New Delhi.

Suggestions/recommendations for revising the STI Policy.

18^th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2018), New Delhi, 20-21 December 2018.

Science Communication and Fake News

106^th Indian Science Congress, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, 03-07 January 2019.

Scientific Writing in Weather and Climate Sciences: Capacity Building for Taking Knowledge to the Unreached (Invited Talk)

Vigyanika -- International Science Literature Fest, India International Science Festival (IISF-2019), Kolkata, 05-08 November 2019.

Scientists and Science Communication in India: A Policy Perspective

20^th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2020), Web-conference, 20 December 2020.

How important is communicating science: A survey of top Indian scientists

One Day National Multidisciplinary e-Conference on “Research in Science and Technology for Sustainable Development” organized by Rajarshee Shahu Science College, Chandur Railway, Dist. Amravati (MS) in collaboration with Indian Science Congress Association, Amravati Chapter, 23rd March 2021.

Toward integrating science communication training in STEM education (Invited Talk)

Delivered the inaugural invited talk under the Lecture Series on ‘Intellectual Property Rights’ organised by Industry Academia Partnership Cell (IAPC) and Department of Botany, Jammu University, Jammu on 21 October 2021.

Invited talk (Keynote Speaker): Science Communication, IPRs and Ethics: Where do we lack?

Department of Chemistry, Jammu University, Jammu on 21 October 2021.

Science Communication: Bridging the Science-Society Divide (Invited Talk)

Future of Science Communication Conference, 24-25 June 2021, Berlin, Germany organised by Wissenschaft im Dialog, the organisation for science communication in Germany, and ALLEA, the European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities. Presented paper online in the Lightning Talk Session on Innovative Approaches to Science-Society Interactions on 25 June 2021.

A Survey of Factors Affecting Indian Scientists’ Engagement in Science Communication.

Membership of Professional/Scientific Bodies

Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata.
Life Member, Indian Meteorological Society (IMS), New Delhi.

Publications

Books (Sole Author)

3. Handbook of Science Journalism, Vigyan Prasar, October 2018, ISBN: 978-81-7480-292-7, pages 235, https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/product/handbook-of-science-journalism/.

2. The Hot Globe: An Anthology of Poems on Global Warming and Climate Change, Amazon Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/The-Hot-Globe-ebook/dp/B008J9DPWE.

1. Aiming High: An Anthology of Poems on Success and Winning, Amazon Kindle. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008CLZMNO.

Articles Published in Peer Reviewed Journals (Sole Author)

41. Rajput A.S., Sharma S., Correction to: Top Indian scientists as public communicators: a survey of their perceptions, attitudes and communication behaviors, Scientometrics, 127, June 2025, DOI:10.1007/s11192-025-05350-x, 1–2

40. Importance of communicating science to the general public: an empirical study of top Indian scientists, Weather, Online, 12 May 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4214. (Co-author: S. Sharma)

39. Top Indian scientists as public communicators: a survey of their perceptions, attitudes and communication behaviors, Scientometrics, 127, 3167–3192, June 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-022-04405-7. (Co-author: S. Sharma)

38. An exploratory study of Indian scientists’ perceptions of their roles and responsibilities in science communication, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Online, 3 October 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2022.2124682. (Co-author: S. Sharma)

37. Scientific writing: an analysis of Pune-based climate scientists’ perceptions and training needs. Weather, 77(3), March 2022, 99-103, https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3967.

36. India: draft science policy calls for public engagement, Nature, 592, March 2021, DOI:10.1038/d41586-021-00861-y. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00861-y (Co-author: S. Sharma)

35. India’s Scientific Social Responsibility Policy, Current Science, Vol. 117, No. 10, 25 November 2019, 1562.

34. India aims for national policy on scientific social responsibility, Nature, 574, 29 October 2019, 634.

33. Scientific Writing: The Predicament of Weather and Climate Scientists in India, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), 2019, 100, 399-402.

32. India’s Ph.D. scholar outreach requirement, Science, 2018, 359, 1343.

31. Earth and planetary sciences in SJR 2014: A performance analysis, Mausam, 2018, 69, 473-478.

30. Pratyush: India’s fastest supercomputer for weather and climate prediction, Current Science, 2018, 114, 1803.

29. Science communication as an academic discipline: an Indian perspective, Current Science, 2017, 113, 2262- 2267.

28. Effective Science Communication: Evaluation and Appropriation of Basic Principles, Indian Journal of Science Communication, 2007, 6 (1), 17-23.

27. Presenting Science to the Public: Role of Scientists, Indian Journal of Science Communication, 2009, 8 (1), 16-18.

26. Science Communications and its Challenges in India, Science Communicator, 2014, 5 (1&2), 11-21.

25. Enzymes and biotechnology for cleaner leather processing, Current Science, 2009, 96, 1439-40.

24. Now banana for making greaseproof paper, Current Science, 2009, 96, 332.

23. Invisibility cloaks, Current Science, 2009, 96, 638.

22. Asia’s first viviparous amphibian discovered in India, Current Science, 2009, 96, 755.

21. Project to save Snow Leopard launched, Current Science, 2009, 96, 755-56.

20. New understanding may help fight drug-resistant bacteria, Current Science, 2009, 96, 881.

19. How Technology Advances And Man Decays, Current Science, 2008, 95, 434.

18. The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis Nigriceps) On the Verge of Extinction, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1108-09.

17. Science communication: careers and courses in India, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1513.

16. Celebrating the International Year of Astronomy 2009, Current Science, 2008, 95, 300.

15. Access to science journals: Pros and cons, Current Science, 2008, 95, 703.

14. RRL Jammu renamed as Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1113.

13. IUCN’s 2008 Sabin Award for Amphibian Conservation, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1113.

12. The Champalimaud Vision Award 2008, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1113.

11. Open source drug discovery launched to combat infectious diseases, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1516.

10. India bags two International Academy of Astronautics Awards 2008, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1516.

9. CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development 2008, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1516.

8. Pluto is now a plutoid – a new class of planetary objects, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1388.

7. Wellcome Trust and DBT to boost biomedical research in India, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1388.

6. Large Hadron Collider: Role of Jammu University, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1659.

5. IIIM celebrates the CSIR Foundation Day, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1660.

4. RT–PCR technique for rapid detection of CHIK virus, Current Science, 2009, 96, 14-15.

3. 2008 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prizes, Current Science, 2009, 96, 15.

2. CSIR Young Scientist and CSIR Technology Awards 2008, Current Science, 2009, 96, 15.

1. Review of the book Prakriti Ki Prayogshala published by Vigyan Prasar, Current Science, 2008, 95, 1628.

Articles in Esteemed Magazines/Bulletins/Newspapers (Sole Author)

28. Scientists must talk to the public, Daily Excelsior, Jammu, Editorial Page 6, Tuesday, 24 May 2022.https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/scientists-must-talk-to-the-public/

27. How aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent, Bulletin of IMSP (BIMSP), Vol. 18 (4), April 2019, 9-10.

26. Operational monsoon forecast: Are high-resolution models any better? Bulletin of IMSP (BIMSP), Vol. 17 (1), August 2018, 25-26.

25. Impact of chemical impurities and electrical forces on raindrop breakup, Bulletin of IMSP (BIMSP), Vol. 17 (3), October 2018, 15- 17.

24. Ozone pollution causing agricultural losses in India, Bulletin of IMSP (BIMSP), Vol. 17 (4), November 2018, 33-36.

23. Anomalous warming of the Indian Ocean during the 20th century, Bulletin of IMSP (BIMSP), Vol. 17 (5), December 2018, 12-13.

22. Pluto is Now Plutoid, Science Reporter, November 2008.

21. Radioactive Minerals in Ladakh, Science Reporter, September 2008.

20. Vanishing Vultures (Cover Story), Science Reporter, June 2006.

19. Genetic Association of Pulmonary TB, Science Reporter, March 2009.

18. Most Powerful Electron Microscope Unveiled, Science Reporter, March 2009.

17. Microbe Resistant Fabric for Textiles, Science Reporter, May 2009.

16. India Environment Portal, Science Reporter, May 2009.

15. Cartoon on Extinction of Vultures, Science Reporter, January 2008.

14. Vultures On The Verge Of Extinction: Can We Save Them? Vipnet News, Vol. 5, No. 6, June 2007.

13. The Great Indian Bustard, Vipnet News, Vol. 3, No. 6, June 2005.

12. Heart Truth: Cardiac Diseases on Rise in City, Indian Express, Jammu, January 10, 2006.

11. Delayed Rains, But Now It’s Okay for Farmers, Indian Express, Jammu, January 5, 2006.

10. It’s More Than Just Water, Indian Express, Jammu, January 22, 2006.

9. Train Your Guns in the New Terrorist in Water, Indian Express, Jammu, February 8, 2006.

8. Insects to the Rescue of Farmers, Indian Express, Jammu, January 6, 2006.

7. Centuries Old Manuscripts to Find Place at UNESCO, Indian Express, Jammu, January 27, 2006.

6. SRS Library’s Gift Book Centre in a Mess, Indian Express, Jammu, January 24, 2006.

5. Shine Your Brain with Sunlight, Free Press, Indore, March 7, 2005.

4. Food for Brain, Free Press, Indore, February 21, 2005.

3. The Wonder Flyers on the Edge, Free Press, Indore, September 27, 2004.

2. Mother Earth’s Ozone Layer Being Torn off, Free Press, Indore, September 17, 2004.

1. From Darkness to Colours of Life, Free Press, Indore, September 8, 2004.

Popular Science Stories for India Science Wire (ISW)

5. India to use artificial intelligence and 100 PF supercomputer to improve weather prediction, 26 November 2019. https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/India-to-use-artificial-intelligence-and-100-PF-supercomputer-to-improve-weather-prediction.html.

4. Scientists evaluate ups and downs in summer monsoon 2019, 25 September 2019. https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Scientists-evaluate-ups-and-downs-in-summer-monsoon-2019.html.

3. New policy coming for Scientific Social Responsibility, 13 September 2019. https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/New-policy-coming-for-Scientific-Social-Responsibility.html.

2. Aerosols increase drought severity over the Indian subcontinent, 9 September 2019. https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Aerosols-increase-drought-severity-over-the-Indian-subcontinent.html.

1. भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में सूखे की गंभीरता को बढ़ाते ऐरोसॉल, 09 September 2019 for ISW. https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Aerosols-increase-drought-severity-over-the-Indian-subcontinent-hindi.html.

(These stories were picked up by many media outlets.)

Popular Science Articles (Hindi) in the Newspapers/News-portals (Sole Author)

2. वैज्ञानिक सामाजिक दायित्व की ओर बढ़ता देश, एकलव्य – स्रोत (विज्ञान एवं टेक्नालजी फीचर्स), जनवरी 2020.

1. विज्ञान के क्षेत्र में सामाजिक दायित्व की दिशा, वैज्ञानिक दृष्टिकोण, जयपुर, 16 नवम्बर 2019, प्रेष्ट 14.

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आईआईटीएम
IITM

भारतीय उष्णदेशीय मौसम विज्ञान संस्थान
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Scientist Profile

Dr. Abhay SD Rajput

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904472

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: abhaysdr[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Scientist Profile

Dr. Abhay SD Rajput

Designation : Scientist E

Phone : +91-(0)20-25904472

Fax : +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID : abhaysdr[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in

Area of Expertise

Academic Records

Research

Awards & Honors

Scientific Careers

Designation

: Scientist E

Phone

: +91-(0)20-25904472

Fax

: +91-(0)20-25865142

Email ID

: abhaysdr[at]tropmet[dot]res[dot]in